Koizumi: Majora's Mask came to me in a dream

Yoshiaki Koizumi explains where the idea for The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask came from.

"Occasionally I also take images from dreams," said Koizumi.

"Perhaps I am a little bit different from Mr. Miyamoto in that sense. So if I could just give an example of one of those idle daydreams that turns into an idea for a game, I would look up at the moon and think about what would happen if the moon started to fall towards Earth. From that idea we moved onto the world in Majora's Mask which is threatened by being destroyed by the moon."

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is considered to be the darkest title in the Zelda series. It originally release on the Nintendo 64 on October 26, 2000. The game came out on the same day as Sony's PlayStation 2, hurting the sales for the title.